Source: Paul Penner, FARM PROGRESS, 1/7/19

“As you go through doing your job, remember that you do not eat steel.” — One Senator’s advice to Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Chief Trade Negotiator. In the Dec. 29 publication of The Atlantic, journalist Matt Peterson suggested this would be good advice to heed, not only for Lighthizer, but also for President Donald Trump, his cabinet and all elected members of Congress. In a series of tweets, Peterson asks the question if the trade war felt “random or vindictive.” He goes on to write that it is not, but that Trump’s moves on trade were inspired by Lighthizer’s...

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